I grew this! Students in school gardens grow their confidence, scientific knowledge and math skills. They feed their understanding of nutrition, too.

Students practice their leaf calls by blowing air across a blade of grass held between their thumbs.

Students paint storm drains to remind people that pollution and trash can flow directly into the harbor.

Mapping a garden combines geography, botany, spelling, math and art.

Turning algae into I'll go, students learn how to derive energy from algae.

Spat on the half shell. A baby oyster (spat) will be grown on an oyster shell in an oyster cage suspended in the Baltimore Harbor. Oysters filter sediment and pollutants from the water.

Gardening gives students a chance to investigate the natural world with awe and intense interest.

Scott Hartman takes students outside to learn about gardening, nutrition, biology, cooking and math. When he asked one class of students why the chickens were kept in a fenced in enclosure, a student anwered, "Because it did something really bad?"

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